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  1. Royal court - Wikipedia

    • A royal court, often called simply a court when the royal context is clear, is an extended royal household in a monarchy, including all those who regularly attend on a monarch, or another central figure. Hence, the word court may also be applied to the coterie of a senior member of the nobility. Royal courts may have their seat in a designated place, several sp… See more

    Patronage and courtly culture

    A royal household is the highest-ranking example of patronage. A regent or viceroy may hold court during the minority or absence of the hereditary ruler, and even an elected head of state may develop a court-like e… See more

    History

    The earliest developed courts were probably in the Akkadian Empire, Ancient Egypt, and Shang dynasty. However, there is evidence of courts as described in the Neo-Assyrian Empire and Zhou dynasty. Two of the … See more

     
  1. The Royal Courts of Justice, commonly called the Law Courts, is a court building in Westminster which houses the High Court and Court of Appeal of England and Wales. The High Court also sits on circuit and in other major cities.
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    While the Old Bailey is traditionally associated with criminal court, the Royal Courts of Justice (also known as the Law Courts) is where the ultimate legal power of England and Wales resides. The Law Courts house both the Court of Appeal and the High Court of Justice.
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    The Royal Arms appear in every courtroom in England and Wales (with the exception of the Magistrates’ court in the City of London), demonstrating that justice comes from the monarch, and a law court is part of the Royal Court (hence its name). Judges and magistrates are therefore officially representatives of the Crown.
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    Royal Courts of Justice, in London, complex of courtrooms, halls, and offices concerned primarily with civil (noncriminal) litigation. It lies in the Greater London borough of Westminster, on the boundary with the City of London.
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  4. Life at the Tudor court | Hampton Court Palace

    In the Tudor period, a monarch's home was the centre of the nation. Wherever the king or queen resided, he or she would be surrounded by the court: people of high rank and their servants. Under the Tudors, Hampton Court Palace was a …

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  6. Royal Household of the United Kingdom

    Jan 5, 2025 · In England no one officer stood out as head of the king’s household staff in the way that the mayor of the palace dominated the Frankish Merovingian court. King Eadred (946–955) regarded his seneschals, chamberlains, and …

  7. Royal court - Simple English Wikipedia, the free …

    A royal court or noble court is the household of a royal family—including its advisors and attendants. The building is often called a palace , but the "royal court" means not just the buildings but all the royal household (all the people …

  8. The Court Circular - The Royal Family

    The daily Court Circular is the official listing of the previous day’s Royal events and is printed in The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Scotsman as well as online.

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